A level results come out this morning – nervous students young and old will be waking up sleeplessly this morning to collect their results as you read these words! We'll be following the main news on the Guardian website – but if you have a story to tell or want to get in touch about your results email leeds.local@guardian.co.uk.

It's the first day of the Leeds Festival Fringe today - Claire Cameron has written a guest post which will be online shortly.

Here's what's making Leeds tick today

Leeds Loves Shopping, so the event - which launches tonight - tells us. But Mike Chitty over at his Community Development blog says that for a large chunk of Leeds residents this brand leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

What do the Americans think of Leeds? Find out over at the United States Brew Review. Better get ready for the tourists then?

"Seeing Michael McIntyre perform live on two separate occasions in the same week, in the same city, is an interesting experience."

This summer is proving to be an eye opener for a Leeds photographer who has moved from the corporate world and given up her summer to capture the lives of several young offenders on an artistic project, documenting their personal journeys through a combination of images, blog posts and film. To follow the journey of these young people, and to view some of Kirsteen's Ashton's shots visit http://kirsteenashton.wordpress.com/

Having attended the "Alea Casino - Cocktails and Canapes" session at the Foodies Festival a few months ago, we agreed with Sarah T and N that there was a visit to one of their restaurants in the offing! So we finally got round to it last Friday night.